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Gores Capital Partners CERTIFIED

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FIRM OVERVIEW: Very Large Private Equity founded in 1984 based out of Los Angeles, USA (US West)

FIRM DESCRIPTION: Gores has become a leading investor, primarily in the technology, telecommunications, business services and industrial sectors, having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Private equity-backed companies, like those that Gores invests in, have been shown to grow faster than other types of companies and Gores' private equity returns have consistently and significantly outperformed publicly traded indices.

They evaluated my company as a potential acquisition for one of their portfolio companies. They are very involved with their portfolio companies in seeking out acquisitions and ran point on the due diligence process. We spent quite a bit of time on the due diligence process and even had a phased approach to limit the risk of exposing too much information. In the end the deal did not get consummated. While I will never know if there were serious or just gathering competitive information I would counsel entrepreneurs to have a phased due diligence process and to not invest substantial time unless they can get ongoing reaffirmations of value and interest.